Fols. 213; 20.2 x 12.5 cm.; written surface 15.5 x 9.5 cm.; 24 lines to page; on glazed Arabic paper; in naskhi; with vowel signs; entries in red. A work on the explanation of the uncommon expressions peculiar to the Koran and traditions of the Prophet. The work is arranged alphabetically. The MS contains from the letter alif to the letter ṣād. Beg.: بسم الله الرحمن ... سبحان من له في کل شيء شاهد Colophon: تم کتاب الصاد وىتلوه کتاب الضاد في المجلدة الثانىة ان شاء الله وحده. الحمد لله وحده وصلواته على نبىّه محمد وآله اجمعىن. اللهم اغفرلصاحبه وکاتبه ولجمىع المسلمىن والمسلمات. ه Marginal notes. The first folio has been replaced by a later hand. MS in good condition; mended; Arabic leather binding. MS belongs to the XVth century. Acquired from Massayaḥ, New York, A.D. 1928. Ibn Khallikān, Wafayāt (1299 AH), I, p. 148; Ḥājjī Khalīfah, Kashf al-ẓunūn (1835-58), IV, p. 333; Fihrist al-kutub al-ʻArabīyah al-maḥfūẓah bi-al-Kutubkhānah al-Khudaywīyah, I, p. 184; Ahlwardt, Verzeichnis der arabischen Handschriften, 696.
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